Margaret E. Bentley, Ph.D.
Curriculum Vitae
130 Rosenau, CB 7400
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill NC 27599-7400
Tel: 919 843 9962, 966-9575
Fax: 919 966 7216
Pbentley@unc.edu
www.sph.unc.edu/global-health
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
M.A.
B.A.
Medical Anthropology, 1987, The University of Connecticut
Medical Anthropology, 1983, The University of Connecticut
Interdisciplinary Degree: Anthropology, Agriculture, and Nutrition, 1976,
Michigan State University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012 - present
Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition
2010 - present
Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2007 – present
Associate Director, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2003 – present
Associate Dean for Global Health, Office of Global Health, UNC Gillings School
of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina
2003 – present
Professor, Department of Nutrition, UNC Gillings School of Global Public
Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1999 – 2002
Associate Chair, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1998 – 2003
Associate Professor (Tenured), Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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1998 – 2003
Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Human Nutrition, Department of
International Health, The Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland
1993 – 1998
Associate Professor, Division of Human Nutrition, Department of International
Health and Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Hygiene
and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
1992 – 1993
Visiting Scholar, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
1989 – 1990
Acting Division Director, Assistant Professor, Division of Human Nutrition,
Department of International Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
1987 – 1992
Assistant Professor, Division of Human Nutrition, Department of International
Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Maryland
1986 – 1987
Research Associate, Division of Human Nutrition, Department of International
Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Maryland
1985 – 1986
UNICEF, South Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India, 1985-86
Awards, Honors, Membership in Honorary Societies
Ambassador, Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research, 2006-present
Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology, 2002-present
Member, Delta Omega Society, 2000-present
Faculty Scholar in Nutrition, PEW National Nutrition Fellowship Program, Visiting Scholar at the
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C., 1992
PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
All-University
Search Committee Co-Chair, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, 2012
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Member, Search Committee, Public Policy, 2008-2009
Associate Director, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease, 2007-present
Member, Hooding Ceremony Selection Committee, Graduate School, 2005-2008
Member, Advisory Board, Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, 2004-present
Member, International Affairs Advisory Council, Provost’s Office, 2004-present
Member, Advisory Board, Carolina Asia Center, 2004-present
Member, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Accreditation team, 2004–2005
Member, Search Committee, Carolina Asia Center, 2004
Advisory Board, World View, 2003-present
Member, Luce Scholars Selection Committee, 2003-present
Faculty Advisory Board, University Center for International Students (UCIS), 2003-2009
Member, Advisory Board, Center for AIDS Research, 2003-2007
Advisory Board Member, Carolina Population Center, 2000-2004
Committee Member, Planning for Center for Global Health, 2002-2003
Executive Board, Institute of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, 2001-2003
Service to School of Public Health - University of North Carolina
Member, Search Committee, Director of Student Affairs, 2013-present
Member, Implementation Committee, Becoming a Global School, 2012-2013
Member, SPH 2020, Task Force on Becoming a Global School, 2011-2012
Globalization of the Curriculum Initiative, Academic Lead, 2009-present
Member, Committee for Selection of Keynote Speakers, 2006-present
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Associate Dean for Global Health, 2003-present
Dean’s Council, 2003-present
Chair, Global Health Advisory Committee, 2001-2003
Chair, School of Public Health Committee on Global Health, 2001-2003
Advisory Board, Institute of Nutrition, 1999-2002
Member, Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) Committee Representative, 1999-2000
Service to Nutrition Department – University of North Carolina
Co-Chair, MPH Degree Program Committee, 2013-present
Chair, Intervention and Policy Search Committee, 2010
Member, MPH Committee, 2009-present
Chair, Globalizing Nutrition Curriculum Committee, 2009-2011
Global Health MPH Nutrition Committee, Faculty Advisor, 2008-present
Member, Doctoral Committee, 2000-2009
Nutrition Department Doctoral Committee, 2000-2009
Associate Chair of Nutrition for Academic Programs, 1999-2002
Chair, Awards Committee, 1999-2003
Member, Minority Recruitment Sub-Committee, 1999-2002
Service to School of Public Health - Johns Hopkins University
Member, Search Committee, Health Education and Health Behavior, 2007-2008
Member, Institutional Review Board, Committee on Human Research, 1995-1998
Elected member, School of Hygiene and Public Health Faculty Senate, 1995-1997
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Member, Affirmative Action Committee, 1989-1994
Member, Departmental Curriculum and Credentials Committee, 1987-Present
Member, Departmental Admissions Committee, 1987-1998.
State and Local Service
Member, One Health Collaborative, 2010-present
Committee Member, North Carolina Initiative for Healthy Weight in Children and Youth,
Subcommittee on Public Awareness and Communication, 2001-2003
Board Member, Baltimore City Healthy Start, Fetal and Infant Mortality Review, 1994-1998
National Organizations and Service
Member, Board of Directors, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, 2014-present
Member, Leadership Committee, ASPH Global Health Competencies Project, 2009-2011
Member, Global Health Committee, American Schools of Public Health, 2003-present
Member, Guiding Committee, American Society of Nutritional Sciences, 2003-present
Member, Nominating Committee, International Health Section, American Public Health Association,
2002-present
Member, Nominating Committee, International Health Section, American Public Health Association,
2002-2007
Member, American Society of Nutritional Sciences, Research Interest Group (RIS): Community
Nutrition, 2000-present
Member, American Society of Nutritional Sciences, Research Interest Group (RIS): Public Health and
Nutrition Education, 2000-present
Executive Board, Society for International Nutrition, American Institute of Nutrition, 1996–2000
International Organizations and Service
Founding Chair, Board of Directors, Triangle Global Health Consortium, 2010- present
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Member, Board of Directors, IntraHealth International, 2006-present
Member, Advisory Board, National Institutes of Health Indo-US Joint Working Group on Maternal
and Child Health, 2000-present
Member, Behavioral Research Unit Technical Working Group, AIDS Control and Prevention Project
(AIDSCAP), 1995
Member, Standing Scientific Advisory Committee, Thrasher Research Foundation, 1994-1996
Member, Advisory Board, Women's Global Film Project, Maryland Public Television, 1994-1996
Delegate, National Council for International Health, U.S. Delegation, World Health Assembly,
Geneva, Switzerland, 1992
Member, Advisory Board, Applied Diarrheal Disease Program, 1989-1992
Member, Selection Committee, Interdisciplinary Fellowship Program for Health and Agricultural
Dissertation Research in Africa, Social Science Research Council, 1989-1992
Member, Scientific Working Group on Epidemiology and Disease Prevention, World Health
Organization, Control of Diarrheal Diseases Program, Geneva, Switzerland, 1988-1992
Member, Directing Council, Dietary Management of Diarrhea Project, USAID/The Johns Hopkins
University, 1985-1988
Memberships in Scholarly and Professional Organizations
American Anthropological Association
American Association Advancement of Science
American Institute of Nutrition
American Public Health Association
Council on Nutritional Anthropology
International Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation
Society for Applied Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Editorial Boards
Anthropology and Global Health, Book Series, 2012-present
Journal of Population and Health, 2006-present
Culture, Health, and Sexuality, 2002-present
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Journal of Medical Anthropology, 1997 – 2000
Journal Review (selected)
Aids and Behavior
American Journal Clinical Nutrition
American Journal of Public Health
Appetite
Appetite
Culture, Health, and Sexuality
Current Anthropology
European Journal Clinical Nutrition
Family Planning Perspectives
Field Methods
International Family Planning Perspectives
International Journal Epidemiology
Journal Aids (JAIDS)
Journal of Adolescent Health
Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Journal of Global Health
Journal of Medical Anthropology
Journal of Nutrition
Journal of Nutrition Education
Medical Anthropology Quarterly
Obesity
Public Health Nutrition
Reproductive Health Matters
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Social Science and Medicine
World Health & Population
Grant Review (selected)
Applied Diarrheal Diseases Research Program, Cambridge
Centers for Disease Control, Special Emphasis Panels
Fogarty International Center, Review Panels, 2005-2010
Ford Foundation/India
Inter-American Foundation, Washington, D.C.
National Institutes of Health/NICHD/Indo-US Joint Working Group on Maternal and Child Health
National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
NIH/NICHD (Ad Hoc)
Population Council, New York
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Social Science Research Council, New York
Thrasher Research Foundation, Salt Lake City
Welcome Trust, London
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Courses Taught - University of North Carolina
NUTR 809 Qualitative Research Methods for Nutrition, co-instructor, 2012-present
PUBH 510 Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health, co-instructor, 2004-present
NUTR 261 International Nutrition, co-instructor, 2002 – present
NUTR 745
Doctoral Seminar in Nutrition, Winter, 2010-2011
NUTR 354/HBHE 253 Qualitative Research Field Methods, Spring, 2002-2005
NUTR 354 Qualitative Research Methods for Nutrition Program Evaluation, Spring, 2000-2001
NUTR 371 Elements of Being a Scientist, Fall, 1998-1999
Guest lectures – University of North Carolina
NUTR 811
HBHE 253
HPA 140
NUTR 611
HBHE 172
NUTR 715
HBHE 240
MHCH 222
Development of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs, 2011
Qualitative Research Methods, 2005-2009; 1999-2001
Critical Issues in Global Health, Fall 2002-2004
Nutrition of Children and Mothers, 2000-2012
Program Planning for Worksite, Medical and Community Settings, Spring, 2001
Dietary Change Interventions, 1999-2012
Foundations of Health Education Practices, Spring 1999
Issues in International Maternal and Child Health, Fall and Spring 1998-2004
Courses Taught - Johns Hopkins University
International Women's Health: Emerging Issues, 1996-1998
Anthropological Perspectives on Health and Illness, 1994-1997
Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 1992-1998
International Nutrition, 1989-1998
STUDENT ADVISING AND MENTORING
Post Doctoral Students - University of North Carolina
Amanda Thompson, Ph.D., Carolina Population Center
Fernanda Decanale, Ph.D., School of Public Health
Georgia Kayser, Ph.D., School of Public Health
Lisa Sacco, Ph.D., Carolina Population Center
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Paula Griffiths, Ph.D., Carolina Population Center
Sherine El-Toukhy, Ph.D., School of Public Health
Urooj Amad, Ph.D., School of Public Health
Valerie Flax, Ph.D., Carolina Population Center
Direction of Doctoral Research - University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill
Melissa Cunningham, Nutrition, 2012-present
Heather Wasser, Nutrition, 2012
“Non-maternal caregiver involvement in feeding and the development of obesigenic diets in infants
and toddlers”
Megan Parker, Nutrition, 2010
“The feasibility of replacement feeding as an HIV prevention method: The BAN study in Lilongwe,
Malawi”
Yanire Estrada, Nutrition, 2010-2013
Beth Hopping, Nutrition, 2010-2012
Monal Shroff, Nutrition, 2007
“Maternal autonomy and child growth and feeding in Andhra Pradesh, India”
Jelena Mastilovic Cali, Nutrition, 2006-2007
Sonya Jones, Nutrition, 2002
“Community food security among Hispanics in Durham, North Carolina”
Ema Barbosa, Nutrition, 1999-2002
Direction of Doctoral Research – Johns Hopkins University
Avni Amin, International Health, 2000 (co-chair)
“Gender, empowerment, and women’s health in India: Perceived morbidity and treatment-seeking
behaviors for symptoms of reproductive tract infections among women of rural Gujarat”
Karina Kielmann, International Health, 2000
“Perceived morbidity and the dynamics of women’s health in low-income areas of Maharashtra,
India“
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Loretta Gavin, International Health, 2000
“The father involvement study: Young, disadvantaged fathers in Baltimore“
Joan Jensen, International Health, 1998
“Predicting breast-feeding decisions among low-income African-American WIC Clients in Baltimore,
Maryland“
Altrena Mukuria, International Health, 1998
“Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding and the role of social support among low-income women
in Nairobi, Kenya“
Parul Christian, International Health, 1995
“Determinants of night blindness during pregnancy in rural Nepal “
David Hausner, International Health, 1995-1996
Patricia Paredes, International Health, 1995-1996
Doctoral Dissertation Committee Membership – University of North Carolina
Kelly Houck, Anthropology, 2013-present
Brittany Chamberlin, Anthropology, 2013-present
Taylor Livingston, Anthropology, 2013-present
Elizabeth Widen, Nutrition, 2012
“Maternal factors and iron among HIV-infected women in Malawi”
Elizabeth Hoffman, Nutrition, 2011
“Feeding styles and responsiveness in mothers with eating disorders”
Alison Gustafson, Nutrition, 2010
“Food environment as a determinant of weight and diet change in low-income North Carolina
women”
Roshan Thomas, Nutrition, 2010
“Determinants of prenatal nutrition and adverse birth outcomes in HIV-infected,
pregnant Malawian women”
Ushma Mehta, Nutrition, 2010
“The effect of maternal BMI, depression, and body image on infant feeding decisions”
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Scott Ickes, Nutrition, 2009
“Evaluating the feasibility, cost, and scalability of a local production process to manufacture
readytouse supplemental food for the treatment of moderate malnutrition: The Byokulia Bisemeye
mu Bantu (“Goodfood for people”) Project in Bundibugyo, Uganda”
Emily Bobrow, Maternal and Child Health, 2008
“Maternal adherence to the BAN clinical trial in Lilongwe, Malawi”
Deborah Dee, Maternal and Child Health, 2007
“Evaluation of an in-home breastfeeding promotion program in North Carolina”
James Thrasher, Health Education Health Behavior, 2005
“Clarifying how anti-tobacco industry messages prevent youth smoking in the United States and
Mexico: A focus on mistrust”
Elizabeth Tolley, Health Education Health Behavior, 2005
“Potential predictors of microbicide acceptability in India: Development and validation of measures”
Nalin Johri, Health Policy and Administration, 2004
“Effect of integrated program design on child health inputs and outcomes: Estimates from a nutrition
and health program in India”
Amy Corneli, Health Education Health Behavior, 2004
“Development and evaluation of a context-specific informed consent process for a U.S.-funded
clinical trial in Lilongwe, Malawi”
Sunitha Jasti, Nutrition, 2003
“Determinants of adherence to use of prenatal multivitamin/mineral supplements among low-income
pregnant women”
Colleen Doak, Nutrition, 2002
“Explorations in understanding the dual burden of underweight and overweight in households from
seven countries”
Youfa Wang, Nutrition, 2001
“Tracking and changes in diet, body composition, and obesity from childhood to adolescence”
Stephen Hodkins, Health Education and Behavior, 2000
“Contraceptive discontinuation in Togo: A rapid assessment”
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Veronica Magar, Maternal and Child Health, 2000
“Reconceptualizing domestic violence in Delhi slums: Multidimensional factors and empowerment
approaches”
Yvonne Fergusen, Health Education and Health Behavior, 2008
“Infant feeding counseling among nurses in Lilongwe, Malawi”,
Doctoral Committee Membership – Johns Hopkins University
Suzanne Maman, Department of International Health, 1998
Robert Davis, Population Dynamics, 1997
David Hausner, Department of International Health, 1996
Jennifer Hirsch, Population Dynamics, 1995
Leila Elizabeth Caleb, Maternal and Child Health, 1995
Nandini Oomman, Department of International Health, 1995
Direction of Masters Students - University of North Carolina
Taylor Christensen, MPH/RD, 2014-present
Sophia Al-Banna, MPH/RD, 2014-present
Leah Wakefield, MPH/ RD, 2013-present
Natalia Alexander, MPH/ RD, 2013-present
Ndang Azang-Njaah, MPH/ RD, 2013-present
Brittany Crump, MPH/ RD, 2012- present
Emily Padian, MPH/ RD, 2012-present
Katie Kline, MPH/ RD, 2012-present
Sarah Lowe, MPH/ RD, 2012—present
Ann Mittnacht, MPH/ RD, 2011-present
Esther Giezendonner, MPH/ RD, 2011-present
Diana Allotey, MPH, 2010-present
Shelley Marcus, MPH, 2010-2011
Eldon Peters, MPH/ RD, 2009-2010
Jillian Mickens, MPH/ RD, 2009-2010
Whitney Hlubik, MPH, 2009-2010
Jessica Davis, MPH/ RD, 2008-2009
Alison Gold, MPH, 2006-2008
Melissa Yarbrough, MPH/ RD, 2006-2008
Min Ding MPH/ RD, 2006-2008
Rachel Huebsch, MPH/ RD, 2006-2008
Andrea Nikolai, MPH/ RD, 2005-2007
Andrea Yu, MPH/ RD, 2004-2006
Amy Rodowski, MPH/ RD, 2003-2004
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Linda Rocafort, MPH/ RD, 2002-2004
Marie Milliren, MPH/ RD, 2002-2004
Yanire Estrada, MPH/ RD, 2002-2004
Dien Li, MD/ MPH, 2001-2003
Lara Khalil, MPH/ RD, 2001-2003
Heather Hartline, MPH/ RD, 2001-2002
Erin Fields, MPH/ RD, 2000-2002
Jennifer Braigel, MPH/ RD, 1999-2001
Laura Simpson, MPH/ RD, 1999-2001
Simone Eppich, MPH/ RD, 1999-2000
Michelle Roth , MPH/ RD, 1998-2000
Petula Kwende, MPH/ RD, 1998-2000
Direction of Masters Students – Johns Hopkins University
Molly Fitzgerald, MPH, 1997-1998
Tareneh Tehrani, MHS, 1997-1998
Thomas Stopka, MHS, 1997-1998
Alka Dev, MSH, 1996-1998
Lisa Scipioni, MHS, 1996-1998
Bahar Mikhak, MPH, 1996-1997
Erin Anastasi, MHS, 1996-1997
Misun Choi, MPH, 1996-1997
Maria Oziemkowska, MPH, 1995-1999
Holly Elliott, MPH, 1995-1997
Ingrid Katz, MHS, 1995-1996
Kenan Forman, MHS, 1995-1996
Emily Fatula, MHS, 1994-1996
Anjou Parekh, MHS, 1994-1995
Direction of Undergraduate Students – University of North Carolina
Richa Patel, BSPH/Nutrition, 2014-present
Elizabeth Soffer, BSPH/Nutrition, 2014-present
Benjamin Smart, BSPH/Nutrition, 2014-present
Neha, Singh, BSPH/Nutrition, 2013-present
Jillian Klemm, BSPH/Nutrition, 2013-present
Ljijiana Karan, BSPH/Nutrition, 2011-present
Megan Pera, BSPH/Nutrition, 2011-present
Krishna Patel, BSPH/Nutrition, 2011-2012 (honors thesis)
Brenna Keane, BSPH/Nutrition, 2010-present (honors thesis)
Natalia Smirnova, BSPH/Nutrition, 2010-2012 (honors thesis)
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Cordon Folds BSPH/Nutrition, 2007
Sinthia Mannan, BSPH/Nutrition, 2004-2005 (honors thesis)
Maria Thekkekandam, BSPH, Nutrition, 2004
Anupa Despande, BSPH/Nutrition, 2002-2003 (honors thesis)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
1. Gittelsohn, J., Bentley, M. E., Pelto, P. J., Nag, M., Harrison, A., & Landman, L. (Eds.). (2011).
Listening to women talk about their health: Issues and evidences from India (2nd ed.). New Delhi: HarAnand Publications.
2. Gittelsohn, J., Pelto, P. J., Bentley, M. E., Bhattacharyya, K., & Jensen, J. L. (1998). Rapid assessment
procedures (RAP): Ethnographic methods to investigate women's health. Boston, Mass.: International
Nutrition Foundation.
3. Gittelsohn, J., Bentley, M. E., Pelto, P. J., Nag, M., Harrison, A., & Landman, L. (Eds.). (1994).
Listening to women talk about their health: Issues and evidences from India. New Delhi: Har-Anand
Publications.
4. Bentley, M. E., Boot, M. T., Gittelsohn, J., & Stallings, R. Y. (1994). The use of structured observations
in the study of health behaviour. The Hague: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre.
5. Herman, E., & Bentley, M. E. (1993). Rapid assessment procedures (RAP): To improve the household
management of diarrhea. Boston: International Nutrition Research Foundation for Developing
Countries.
Book Chapters
1. Bentley, M. E., Tolley, E. E., & Pequenat, W. (2011). Qualitative inquiry: An end not just a means.
In W. Pequegnat, & E. Stover & C. A. Boyce (Eds.), How to write a successful research grant
application (2nd ed.) (pp. 153-172). New York: Springer Press.
2. Panchanadeswaran, S., Johnson, S. C., Go, V. F., Srikrishnan, A. K., Sivaram, S., Solomon, S.,
Bentley, M. E., & Celentano, D. (2008). Using the theory of gender and power to examine
experiences of partner violence, sexual negotiation, and risk of HIV/AIDS among economically
disadvantaged women in southern India. In K. A. McCloskey & M. H. Sitaker (Eds.), Backs against
the wall: Battered women's resistance strategies (pp. 143 – 165). New York: Routledge.
3. Hirsch, J. S., Higgins, J., Bentley, M. E., & Nathanson, C. A. (2006). The social constructions of
sexuality: Companionate marriage and STD/HIV risk in a Mexican migrant community. In J. S.
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Hirsch & H. Wardlow (Eds.), Modern loves: The anthropology of romantic courtship and companionate
marriage (pp. 95 – 116). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
4. Sivaram, S., Lakshmi, C. S., Go, V. F., Srikrishnan, A. K., Celentano, D. D., Solomon, S., & Bentley,
M. E. (2004). Telling stories: Narrative scenarios to assess sexual norms for an HIV-prevention
study in Chennai, India. In R. K. Verma, P. J. Pelto, S. L. Schensul & A. Joshi (Eds.), Sexuality in the
time of AIDS: Contemporary perspectives from the communities in India (pp. 304 – 324). New Delhi:
Sage Publications.
5. Bentley, M. E., Dettwyler, K. A., & Caulfield, L. E. (1997). Anorexia infantil y su tratamiento en
niños de paises en vías de desarrollo: Revisión y recomendaciones. In A. O’Donnell, J. M.
Bengoa, B. Torún, B. Caballero, E. L. Pantín & M. Peña (Eds), Nutritión y alimentación del niño en los
primeros años de vida. Washington, D.C.: Organizacion Pan Americana de la Salud.
6. Kennedy, E., & Bentley, M. E. (1994). Nutrition and health of women in Sub-Saharan Africa. In A.
Sorkin & I. Siralgedin (Eds.), Research in human capital and development (Vol. 8). Greenwich, CT: JAI
Press.
7. Bentley, M. E., Stallings, R., & Gittelsohn, J. (1994). The structured observation technique for the
study of health behavior. In S. Cairncross & V. Kochar (Eds.), Studying hygiene behavior: Methods,
issues, and experiences. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
8. Bentley, M. E., Pelto, G. H., Allen, L. H., Mathur, M., & Sanogo, D. (1992). Child feeding during
diarrhea in North India: The use of complementary methods. In J. Pogie, B. DeWalt & W. Dressler
(Eds.), Anthropological research: Process and application (pp. 69 – 96). New York: SUNY Press.
9. Bentley, M. E., Gittelsohn, J., Nag, M., Pelto, P., & Russ, J. (1992). The use of qualitative research
methodologies for women’s reproductive health data in India. In N. Scrimshaw & G. Gleason
(Eds.), Rapid assessment methodologies for planning and evaluation of health related programmes. Tokyo:
United Nations University Press.
10. Herman, E., Bentley, M. E., Sultana, F., Hamzah, M., Huzaifah, S., Masreah, S., Pelto, G., & Pelto,
P. (1992). Beyond data collection: Facilitating the application and use of ethnographic information
to guide health programmes and further research. In N. S. Scrimshaw & G. R. Gleason (Eds.),
RAP Rapid Assessment Procedures: Qualitative methodologies for planning and evaluation of health related
programmes. Boston, MA: International Nutrition Foundation for Developing Countries (INFDC).
11. Mathur, M., & Bentley, M. E. (1990). Private practitioners and the use of antidiarrheals in the
treatment of childhood diarrhea. In Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Traditional
Medicine. Bombay, India.
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12. Pelto, P., Bentley, M. E., & Pelto, G. H. (1990). Anthropological research on diarrhea. In J. Coreil &
D. Mull (Eds.), Anthropology and primary health care. Boulder: Westview Press.
13. Brown, K. H., Dickin, K. L., Bentley, M. E., Oni, G. A., Obasaju, V. T., Esrey, S. A., Mebrahtu, S., &
Stallings, R. Y. (1988). Consumption of weaning foods from fermented cereals: Kwara State,
Nigeria. In D. Alnwick, S. Mose, & O. G. Schmidt (Eds.), Improving young child feeding in Eastern
and Southern Africa, Household-Level Food Technology. International Development Research Centre
(Canada): UNICEF
Dissertations
Bentley, M. E. (1987). The Household Management of Diarrhea in Rural North India. Ann Arbor,
Michigan: Xerox Microfilms.
Other Publications
1. Bentley, M. E., & Herman, E. (1996). RAP: To improve the household management of diarrhea.
Practicing Anthropology, 18(3), 15-19.
2. Gittelsohn, J., & Bentley, M. E. (1996). Development and use of the women’s health protocol.
Practicing Anthropology, 18(3), 7-9.
3. Black, M. M., & Bentley, M. E. (1995). Adolescent parenthood: Family structure, mealtime
behavior, and children’s growth. Pediatric Basics, 73.
4. Brown, K. H., & Bentley, M. E. (1989). Dietary management of diarrhea. Mothers and Children, 7(3),
1-5.
5. Brown, K. H., & Bentley, M. E. (1988). Improved nutritional therapy of diarrheal diseases: A
guide for program planners and decision makers. PRITECH. viii.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
* Denotes student
1. Flax, V. L., Negerie, M., Ibrahim, A. U., Leatherman, S., Daza, E. J., & Bentley, M. E. (2014).
Integrating group counseling, cell phone messaging, and participant-generated songs and dramas
into a microcredit program increases Nigerian women’s adherence to international breastfeeding
recommendations. J Nutr. [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.3945/jn.113.190124
2. Siega-Riz, A. M., Estrada Del Campo, Y., Kinlaw, A., Reinhart, G. A, Allen, L. H., ShahabFerdows, S., Heck, J., Suchindran, C. M., & Bentley, M. E. (2014). Effect of supplementation with a
lipid-based nutrient supplement on the micronutrient status of children aged 6-18 months living
in the rural region of Intibucá, Honduras. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol., 28(3), 245-254.
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3. Ablah, E., Biberman, D. A., Weist, E. M., Buekens, P., Bentley, M. E., Burke, D., Fionnegan, J. R.,
Flahault, A., Frenk, J., Gotsch, A. R., Klag, M. K., Lopez, R., M. H., Nasca, P., Shortell, S., &
Spencer, H. C. (2014). Improving Global Health Education: Development of a Global Health
Competency Model. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 90(3), 560-565.
4. Widen, E. M., Bentley, M. E., Kayira, D., Chasela, C. S., Daza, D. J., Kacheche, Z. K., Tegha, G.,
Jamieson, D. J., Kourtis, A. P., van der Horst, C. M., Allen, L. H., Shahab-Ferdows, S., & Adair, L.
S. for the BAN Study Team. (2014). Changes in soluble transferrin receptors and hemoglobin
concentrations in Malawian mothers are associated with those values in their exclusively
breastfed, HIV-exposed infants. J Nutr., 144(3), 367-374.
5.
Bentley, M. E., Johnson, S. L., Wasser, H., Creed-Kanashiro, H., Shroff, M., Fernandez, S., Rao, F.,
& Cunningham, M. (2014). Formative research methods for designing culturally appropriate,
integrated child nutrition and development interventions: An overview. Annals of the New York
Academy of Sciences, 1308, 54-67.
6. Flax, V. L., Bentley. M. E., Combs, G. F. Jr., Chasela, C. S., Kayira, D., Tegha, G., Kamwendo, D.,
Daza, E. J., Fokar, A., Kourtis, A. P., Jamieson, D. J., van der Horst, C. M., & Adair, L. S. (2014).
Plasma and breastmilk selenium in HIV-infected Malawian mothers are positively associated with
infant selenium status but are not associated with maternal supplementation. Am J Clin Nutr.,
99(4), 950-956.
7. Runfola, C. D., Zucker, N. L., Holle, A. V., Mazzeo, S., Hodges, E. A., Perrin, E. M., Bentley, M. E.,
Ulman, T. F., Hoffman, E.,R., Forsberg, S., Algars, M., Zerwas, S., Pisetsky, E. M., Taico, C., Kuhns,
R. A., Hamer, R. M., & Bulik, C. M. (2014). NURTURE: Development and pilot testing of a novel
parenting intervention for mothers with histories of an eating disorder. The International Journal of
Eating Disorders, 47(1), 1-12.
8. Ben-Davies, M. E., Kinlaw, A., Estrada Del Campo, Y., Bentley, M. E., & Siega-Riz, A. M. (2014).
Risk factors associated with the presence and severity of food insecurity in rural Honduras. Public
Health Nutrition, 17(1), 5-13.
9. Hoffman, E. R., Hodges, E. A., Propper, C., Postage, P. L., Zipkin, E. C., Bentley, M. E., Ward, D.
S., Hamer, R. M., & Bulik, C. M. (2013). Behavioral and psychophysiological responsiveness
during child feeding in mothers with histories of eating disorders: A pilot study. Journal of
Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 35(4), 578-591.
10. Wasser, H. M., Thompson, A. L., Siega-Riz, M. A., Adair, L. S., Hodges, E. A., & Bentley, M. E.
(2013). Who's feeding baby? Non-maternal involvement in feeding and its association with dietary
intakes among infants and toddlers. Appetite, 71C, 7-15.
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11. Widen, E. M., Bentley, M. E., Kayira, D., et al. (2013). Maternal weight loss during exclusive
breastfeeding is associated with reduced weight and length gain in daughters of HIV-infected
Malawian women. J Nutr. 143(7), 1168-1175.
12. Bauserman, M., Lokangaka, A., Kodondi, K. K., Gado, J., Viera, A.J, Bentley, M.E., Engmann, C.,
Tshefu, A, Bose, C. (2013). Caterpillar cereal as a potential complementary feeding product for
infants and young children: Nutritional content and acceptability. Matern Child Nutr. [Epub ahead
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13. Parker, M. E., Tembo, M., Adair, L., Chasela, C., Piwoz, E. G., Jamieson, D. J., Ellington, S., Kayira,
D., Soko, A., Mkhomawanthu, C., Martinson, F., van der Horst, C. M., Bentley, M. E.; for the BAN
Study Team. (2013). The health of HIV-exposed children after early weaning. Matern Child Nutr
9(2), 217-232.
14. Flax, V. L., Bentley, M. E., Chasela, C. S., et al. (2013). Lipid-based nutrient supplements are
feasible as a breastmilk replacement for HIV-exposed infants from 24 to 48 weeks of age. J Nutr.
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15. Thompson A. L., Adair L. S., & Bentley M. E. (2013). Maternal characteristics and perception of
temperament associated with infant TV exposure. Pediatrics, 131(2), e390-e397.
16. Thompson, A. L. & Bentley, M. E. (2013). The critical period of infant feeding for the development
of early disparities in obesity. Soc Sci Med, 97, 288-296.
17. Thompson, A. L., Adair, L. S., & Bentley, M. E. (2013). Pressuring and restrictive feeding styles
influence infant feeding and size among a low-income African-American sample. Obesity, 21(3),
562-571.
18. Ramlal, R. T., Tembo, M., Soko, A., Chigwenembe, M., Ellington, S., Kayirea, D., King, C. C.,
Chasela, C., Jamieson, D., van der Horst, C., Bentley, M. E., Adair, L.S.; BAN Study Team. (2013).
Patterns of body composition among HIV-infected, pregnant Malawians and the effects of famine
season. Matern. Child Health J. 17(2), 265-273.
19. Mehta, U. J., Siega-Riz, A. M., Herring, A. H., Adair, L. S., & Bentley, M. E. (2012). Pregravid
body mass index is associated with early introduction of complementary foods. J Acad Nutr Diet.,
112(9), 1374-1379.
20. Hoffman, E. R*. Bentley, M. E., Hamer, R. M., Hodges, E. A., Ward, D. S., Bulik, C. M. (2012). A
comparison of infant and toddler feeding practices of mothers with and without histories of
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21. *Flax, V. L., Bentley, M. E., Chasela, C. S., Kayira, D., Hudgens, M. G., Knight, R. J., Soko, A.,
Jamieson, D. J., van der Horst, C. M., & Adair, L. S. (2012). Use of lipid-based nutrient
supplements by HIV-Infected Malawian women during lactation has no effect on infant growth
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from 0 to 24 Weeks. J Nutr., 142(7), 1350-1356.
22. Flax, V. L.*, Mäkinen, S., Ashorn, U., Cheung, Y. B., Maleta, K., Ashorn, P., Bentley, M. E. (2013).
Responsive feeding and child interest in food vary when rural Malawian children are fed lipidbased nutrient supplements or local complementary food. Matern Child Nutr. 9(3), 369-380.
23. Vazir, S., Engle, P., Balakrishna, N., Griffiths, P. L., Johnson, S. L., Creed-Kanashiro, H., Fernandez
Rao, S., Shroff, M. R., & Bentley, M. E. (2013). Cluster-randomized trial on complementary and
responsive feeding education to caregivers found improved dietary intake, growth and
development among rural Indian toddlers. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 9(1), 99-117.
24. Corneli A. L., Sorenson, J. R., Bentley, M. E., Henderson, G. E., Bowling, J. M., Nkhoma, J., Moses,
A. ,Zulu, C., Chilima, J., Ahmed, Y., Heilig, C. M., Jamieson, D. J., & van der Horst, C. (2012).
Improving participant understanding of informed consent in an HIV-prevention clinical trial: A
comparison methods. Breastfeeding, Antiretroviral, and Nutrition Informed Consent Study
Group. Aids Behavior, 16(2) 412-421.
25. Stevens, J., Bryant, M., Wang, C. H., Cai, Bentley, M. E. (2012). Sample size and repeated
measures required in studies of foods in the homes of African American families. J. Nutrition,
142(6), 1123-1127.
26. Roshan, T., Tembo, M., Soko, A., Chigwenembe, M., Ellington, S., Kayirea, D., King, C. C.,
Chasela, C., Jamieson, D., van der Horst, C., Bentley, M. E, Adair, L. S.; BAN Study Team. (2012).
Maternal mid-upper arm circumference is associated with birth weight among HIV-infected
Malawians. Nutr. Clin Pract. 27(3), 416-421.
27. Kayira, D., Bentley, M. E., Wiener, J., Mkhomawanthu, C., King, C. C., Chitsulo, P.,
Chigwenembe, M., Ellington, S., Hosseinipour, M. C., Kourtis, A. P., Chasela, C., Tembo, M.,
Tohill, B., Piwoz, E. G., Jamieson, D. J., van der Horst, C., & Adair, L. (2012). A lipid-based
nutrient supplement (LNS) mitigates weight loss among HIV-infected women in a factorial,
randomized trial to prevent mother-to-child transmission during exclusive breastfeeding.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 95(3), 759-765.
28. Ickes, S. B.*, Jilcott, S. B., Myhre, J. A., Adair, L. S., Thirumurthy, H., Handa, S., Bentley, M. E., &
Ammerman, A. S. (2012). Examination of facilitators and barriers to home-based supplemental
feeding with ready-to-use food for underweight children in western Uganda. Matern Child Nutr.
8(1), 115-129.
29. Mehta, U. J.*, Siega-Riz, A. M., Herring, A. H., Adair, L. S., Bentley, M. E. (2012). Pregravid body
mass index, psychological factors during pregnancy and breastfeeding duration: Is there a link?
Matern Child Nutr 8(4), 423-433.
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30. Wasser, H.*, Bentley, M. E, Borja, J., Goldman, B. D., Thompson, A., Slining, M., Adair, L. (2011).
Infants perceived as "fussy" are more likely to receive complementary foods before 4 months.
Pediatrics, 127(2), 229-237.
31. Gaydos, C. A., Rizzo-Price, P. A., Balakrishnan, P., Mateta, P., Leon, S. R., Verevochikin, S., Yin, Y.
P., Quinn, T. C., Strader, L. C., Pequegnat, W; NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial
Group. (2011). Impact of international laboratory partnerships on the performance of
HIV/sexually transmitted infection testing in five resource-constrained countries. Int J STD AIDS.
22(11), 645-652.
32. Bryant, M., Stevens, J., Wang, L., Tabak, R., Borja, J., Bentley, M. E. (2011). Relationship between
home fruit and vegetable availability and infant and maternal dietary intake in African-American
families: Evidence from the exhaustive home food inventory. J Am Diet Assoc. 111(10), 1491-1497.
33. Shroff, M. R*., Griffiths, P. L., Suchindran, C., Balakrishna, N., Vazir, S., Bentley, M. E. (2011).
Does maternal autonomy influence feeding practices and infant growth in rural India? Social
Science & Medicine, 73(3):447-455.
34. Parker, M. E*, Bentley, M. E., Chasela, C., Adair, L., Piwoz, E. G., Jamieson, D. J., Ellington, S.,
Kayira, D., Soko, A., Mkhomawanthu, C., Tembo, M., Martinson, F., Van der Horst, C. M. (2011).
The acceptance and feasibility of replacement feeding at 6 months as an HIV prevention method
in Lilongwe, Malawi: Results from the BAN study. AIDS Educ Prev., 23(3), 281-295.
35. Mehta U. J.*, Siega-Riz A. M., Herring A. H., Adair L. S., Bentley M. E. (2011).
Maternal obesity, psychological factors, and breastfeeding initiation. Breastfeed Med. 6(6), 369-376.
36. Bentley, M. E., Wasser, H. M.*, Creed-Kanashiro, H. M. (2011). Responsive feeding and child
undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries. The Journal of Nutrition. 141(3), 502-507.
37. Stevens, J., Bryant, M., Wang, L., Borja, J., Bentley, M. E. (2011). Exhaustive measurement of food
items in the home using a universal product code scanner. Public Health Nutrition, 14(2), 314-318.
38. Hawley, L., Fouche, N., Cates, W. Jr., Bentley, M. E. (2010). Understanding the relevance of global
health to North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal, 71(5), 429-433.
39. Bentley, M. E., Van Vliet, G. (2010). Global health is (local) public health. North Carolina Medical
Journal, 71(5), 448-451.
40. Chasela, C. S., Hudgens, M. G., Jamieson, D. J., Kayira, D., Hosseinipour, M. C., Kourtis, A. P., et
al. and the Ban Study Team. (2010). Maternal or infant antiretroviral drugs to reduce HIV-1
transmission. The New England Journal of Medicine, 362(24), 2271-2281.
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41. The NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group. (2010). Results of the NIMH
collaborative HIV/Sexually transmitted disease prevention trial of a community popular opinion
leader intervention. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 54(2), 204-214.
42. Slining, M.*, Adair, L. S., Goldman, B. D., Borja, J. B., & Bentley, M. (2010). Infant overweight is
associated with delayed motor development. The Journal of Pediatrics. 157(1), 20-25 e1.
43. Fried, L. P., Bentley, M. E., Buekens, P., Burke, D. S., Frenk, J. J., Klag, M. J., et al. (2010). Global
health is public health. The Lancet, 375(9714), 535-537.
44. Farr, S. L., Nelson, J. A., Ng'ombe, T. J., Kourtis, A. P., Chasela, C., Johnson, J. A., Kashuba, A. D.,
Tegha, G. L., Wiener, J., Eron, J. J., Banda, H. N., Mpaso, M., Lipscomb, J., Matiki, C., Fiscus, S.A.,
Jamieson, D. J., van der Horst, C.,BAN Study Team. (2010). Addition of 7 days of zidovudine plus
lamivudine to peripartum single-dose nevirapine effectively reduces nevirapine resistance
postpartum in HIV-infected mothers in Malawi. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 54(5), 515-523.
45. Slining, M. M.*, Adair, L., Goldman, B. D., Borja, J., & Bentley, M. (2009). Infant temperament
contributes to early infant growth: A prospective cohort of African American infants. The
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 6(1), 51.
46. Thompson, A. L., Mendez, M. A., Borja, J. B., Adair, L. S., Zimmer, C. R., & Bentley, M. E. (2009).
Development and validation of the infant feeding style questionnaire. Appetite, 53(2), 210-221.
47. Laraia, B. A., Borja, J. B., & Bentley, M. E. (2009). Grandmothers, fathers, and depressive
symptoms are associated with food insecurity among low-income first-time African-American
mothers in North Carolina. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 109(6), 1042-1047.
48. Dearden, K. A., Hilton, S., Bentley, M. E., Caulfield, L. E., Wilde, C., Ha, P. B., et al. (2009).
Caregiver verbal encouragement increases food acceptance among Vietnamese toddlers. The
Journal of Nutrition, 139(7), 1387-1392.
49. Shroff, M.*, Griffiths, P., Adair, L., Suchindran, C., & Bentley, M. E. (2009). Maternal autonomy is
inversely related to child stunting in Andhra Pradesh, India. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 5(1), 6474.
50. Ferguson, Y. O*., Eng, E., Bentley, M. E., Sandelowski, M., Steckler, A., Randall-David, E., et al.
(2009). Evaluating nurses' implementation of an infant-feeding counseling protocol for HIVinfected mothers: The ban study in Lilongwe, Malawi. AIDS Education and Prevention: Official
Publication of the International Society for AIDS Education, 21(2), 141-155.
51. van der Horst, C., Chasela, C., Ahmed, Y., Hoffman, I., Hosseinipour, M., Knight, R., Fiscus, S.,
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clinical trial to fit changing realities: A case study of the breastfeeding, antiretroviral, and
nutrition (BAN) protocol in Lilongwe, Malawi. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 30(1), 24-33.
52. Panchanadeswaran, S., Johnson, S. C., Sivaram, S., Srikrishnan, A. K., Latkin, C., Bentley, M. E., et
al. (2008). Intimate partner violence is as important as client violence in increasing street-based
female sex workers' vulnerability to HIV in India. The International Journal on Drug Policy, 19(2),
106-112.
53. Panchanadeswaran, S., Johnson, S. C., Go, V. F., Srikrishnan, A. K., Sivaram, S., Solomon, S.,
Bentley M.E., & Celentano D.D. (2007). Using the theory of gender and power to examine
experiences of partner violence, sexual negotiation, and risk of HIV/AIDS among economically
disadvantaged women in southern India. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 15(3-4),
155-178.
54. Sivaram, S., Johnson, S., Bentley, M. E., Srikrishnan, A. K., Latkin, C. A., Go, V. F., et al. (2007).
Exploring "wine shops" as a venue for HIV prevention interventions in urban India. Journal of
Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 84(4), 563-576.
55. Sacco, L. M.*, Bentley, M. E., Carby-Shields, K., Borja, J. B., & Goldman, B. D. (2007). Assessment
of infant feeding styles among low-income African-American mothers: Comparing reported and
observed behaviors. Appetite, 49(1), 131-140.
56. Corneli, A. L.*, Piwoz, E. G., Bentley, M. E., Moses, A., Nkhoma, J. R., Tohill, B. C., et al. (2007).
Involving communities in the design of clinical trial protocols: The BAN study in Lilongwe,
Malawi. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 28(1), 59-67.
57. Easter, M. M.*, Linnan, L. A., Bentley, M. E., DeVellis, B. M., Meier, A., Frasier, P. Y., et al. (2007).
"Una mujer trabaja doble aqui": Vignette-based focus groups on stress and work for Latina bluecollar women in eastern North Carolina. Health Promotion Practice, 8(1), 41-49.
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58. NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (Bentley M. E., responsible for
ethnographic research direction of 5 country study) (2007). Methodological overview of a fivecountry community-level HIV/sexually transmitted disease prevention trial. AIDS (London,
England), 21 Suppl 2(2), S3-S18.
59. NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (Bentley M. E., investigator for India site)
(2007). Selection of populations represented in the NIMH collaborative HIV/STD prevention trial.
AIDS (London, England), 21 Suppl 2(2), S19-S28.
60. NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (Bentley M. E., lead investigator for
ethnographic team) (2007). Design and integration of ethnography within an international
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behavior change HIV/sexually transmitted disease prevention trial. AIDS (London, England), 21
Suppl 2(2), S37-S48.
61. NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (Bentley M. E., investigator for India site)
(2007). The community popular opinion leader HIV prevention programme: Conceptual basis and
intervention procedures. AIDS (London, England), 21 Suppl 2(2), S59-S68.
62. NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group (Bentley M. E., lead investigator for
formative research across sites) (2007). Formative study conducted in five countries to adapt the
community popular opinion leader intervention. AIDS (London, England), 21 Suppl 2(2), S91-S98.
63. Corneli, A. L.*, Piwoz, E. G., Bentley, M. E., Moses, A., Nkhoma, J. R., Tohill, B. C., et al. (2007).
Involving communities in the design of clinical trial protocols: The BAN study in Lilongwe,
Malawi. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 28(1), 59-67.
64. Corneli, A. L.*, Bentley, M. E., Sorenson, J. R., Henderson, G. E., van der Horst, C., Moses. A,
Nkhoma, J., Tenthani, L., Ahmed, Y., Heilig, C. M., & Jamieson, D.J. (2006). Using formative
research to develop a context-specific approach to informed consent for clinical trials. Journal of
Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 1(4), 45-60.
65. Thrasher, J. F.*, & Bentley, M. E. (2006). The meanings and context of smoking among Mexican
university students. Public Health Reports, 121(5), 578-585.
66. Black, M. M., Bentley, M. E., Papas, M. A., Oberlander, S., Teti, L. O., McNary, S., et al. (2006).
Delaying second births among adolescent mothers: A randomized, controlled trial of a homebased mentoring program. Pediatrics, 118(4), e1087-1099.
67. Tolley, E. E.*, Eng, E., Kohli, R., Bentley, M. E., Mehendale, S., Bunce, A., et al. (2006). Examining
the context of microbicide acceptability among married women and men in India. Culture, Health
& Sexuality, 8(4), 351-369.
68. Panchanadeswaran, S., Johnson, S. C., Mayer, K. H., Srikrishnan, A. K., Sivaran, S., Zelaya, C. E.,
Go, V.F., Solomon, S., Bentley, M.E., & Celentano, D.D. (2006). Gender differences in the
prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and genital symptoms in an urban setting in
southern India. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 82(6), 491-495.
69. Piwoz, E. G., Ferguson, Y. O.*, Bentley, M. E., Corneli, A. L., Moses, A., Nkhoma, J., et al. (2006).
Differences between international recommendations on breastfeeding in the presence of HIV and
the attitudes and counseling messages of health workers in Lilongwe, Malawi. International
Breastfeeding Journal, 1(1), 2.
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70. Black, M. M., Papas, M. A., Bentley, M. E., Cureton, P., Saunders, A., Le, K., et al. (2006).
Overweight adolescent African-American mothers gain weight in spite of intentions to lose
weight. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 106(1), 80-87.
71. Griffiths, P.*, & Bentley, M. (2005). Women of higher socio-economic status are more likely to be
overweight in Karnataka, India. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 59(10), 1217-1220.
72. Bentley, M. E., Corneli, A. L., Piwoz, E., Moses, A., Nkhoma, J., Tohill, B. C., et al. (2005).
Perceptions of the role of maternal nutrition in HIV-positive breast-feeding women in Malawi. The
Journal of Nutrition, 135(4), 945-949.
73. Piwoz, E. G., & Bentley, M. E. (2005). Women's voices, women's choices: The challenge of
nutrition and HIV/AIDS. The Journal of Nutrition, 135(4), 933-937.
74. Jasti, S., Siega-Riz, A. M., Cogswell, M. E., Hartzema, A. G., & Bentley, M. E. (2005). Pill count
adherence to prenatal multivitamin/mineral supplement use among low-income women. The
Journal of Nutrition, 135(5), 1093-1101.
75. Doak, C. M.*, Adair, L. S., Bentley, M., Monteiro, C., & Popkin, B. M. (2005). The dual burden
household and the nutrition transition paradox. International Journal of Obesity, 29(1), 129-136.
76. Sivaram, S., Johnson, S., Bentley, M. E., Go, V. F., Latkin, C., Srikrishnan, A. K., et al. (2005).
Sexual health promotion in Chennai, India: Key role of communication among social networks.
Health Promotion International, 20(4), 327-333.
77. Katz, M. L.*, Gordon-Larsen, P., Bentley, M. E., Kelsey, K., Shields, K., & Ammerman, A. (2004).
"Does skinny mean healthy?" perceived ideal, current, and healthy body sizes among AfricanAmerican girls and their female caregivers. Ethnicity & Disease, 14(4), 533-541.
78. Lederman, S. A., Akabas, S. R., Moore, B. J., Bentley, M. E., Devaney, B., Gillman, M. W., et al.
(2004). Summary of the presentations at the conference on preventing childhood obesity.
Pediatrics, 114(4), 1146-1173.
79. Gordon-Larsen, P., Griffiths, P., Bentley, M. E., Ward, D. S., Kelsey, K., Shields, K., et al. (2004).
Barriers to physical activity: Qualitative data on caregiver-daughter perceptions and practices.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 27(3), 218-223.
80. Bentley, M. E., Fullem, A. M., Tolley, E. E., Kelly, C. W., Jogelkar, N., Srirak, N., et al. (2004).
Acceptability of a microbicide among women and their partners in a 4-country phase I trial.
American Journal of Public Health, 94(7), 1159-1164.
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81. Sivaram, S., Srikrishnan, A. K., Latkin, C. A., Johnson, S. C., Go, V. F., Bentley, M. E., et al. (2004).
Development of an opinion leader-led HIV prevention intervention among alcohol users in
Chennai, India. AIDS Education and Prevention: Official Publication of the International Society for
AIDS Education, 16(2), 137-149.
82. Dien le, N.*, Thang, N. M., & Bentley, M. E. (2004). Food consumption patterns in the economic
transition in Vietnam. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 13(1), 40-47.
83. Kielmann, K.*, & Bentley, M. (2003). Thresholds of morbidity among women in a Peri-urban
community of Maharashtra, India: Conceptual and methodological issues. Journal of Health
Psychology, 8(5), 525-538.
84. Joshi, S.*, Joglekar, N., Ghate, M., Unni, J., Risbud, A., Bentley, M., et al. (2003). Phase I safety &
preliminary acceptability of nonoxynol-9 vaginal pessary as a vaginal microbicide in low risk
women in Pune, India. The Indian Journal of Medical Research, 117, 152-157.
85. Creed-Kanashiro, H. M., Bartolini, R. M., Fukumoto, M. N., Uribe, T. G., Robert, R. C., & Bentley,
M. E. (2003). Formative research to develop a nutrition education intervention to improve dietary
iron intake among women and adolescent girls through community kitchens in Lima, Peru. The
Journal of Nutrition, 133 Suppl 2(11), 3987S-3991S.
86. Go, V. F., Johnson, S. C., Bentley, M. E., Sivaram, S., Srikrishnan, A. K., Celentano, D. D., et al.
(2003). Crossing the threshold: Engendered definitions of socially acceptable domestic violence in
Chennai, India. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 5(5), 393-408.
87. Go, V. F., Sethulakshmi, C. J., Bentley, M. E., Sivaram, S., Srikrishnan, A. K., Solomon, S., et al.
(2003). When HIV-prevention messages and gender norms clash: The impact of domestic violence
on women's HIV risk in slums of Chennai, India. AIDS and Behavior, 7(3), 263-272.
88. Jasti, S.*, Siega-Riz, A. M., & Bentley, M. E. (2003). Dietary supplement use in the context of health
disparities: Cultural, ethnic and demographic determinants of use. The Journal of Nutrition, 133(6),
2010S-2013S.
89. Bentley, M. E., & Griffiths, P. L. (2003). The burden of anemia among women in India. European
Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 57(1), 52-60.
90. Bentley, M. E., Dee, D. L.*, & Jensen, J. L. (2003). Breastfeeding among low income, AfricanAmerican women: Power, beliefs and decision making. The Journal of Nutrition, 133(1), 305S-309S.
91. Amin, A.*, & Bentley, M. E. (2002). The influence of gender on rural women's illness experiences
and health-seeking strategies for gynaecological symptoms. Journal of Health Management, 4(2),
229-249.
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92. Hirsch, J. S.*, Higgins, J., Bentley, M. E., & Nathanson, C. A. (2002). The social constructions of
sexuality: Marital infidelity and sexually transmitted disease-HIV risk in a Mexican migrant
community. American Journal of Public Health, 92(8), 1227-1237.
93. Allen, L. H., Bentley, M. E., Donovan, S. M., Ney, D. M., & Stover, P. J. (2002). Securing the future
of nutritional sciences through integrative graduate education. The Journal of Nutrition, 132(4), 779784.
94. Gavin, L. E.*, Black, M. M., Sherman, M., Abel, Y., Papas, M. A., & Bentley, M. E. (2002). Young,
disadvantaged fathers' involvement with their infants: An ecological perspective. The Journal of
Adolescent Health, 31(3), 266-276.
95. Doak, C. F.*, Adair, L. F., Bentley, M. E., Fengying, Z. F., & Popkin, B. (2002). The
underweight/overweight household: An exploration of household sociodemographic and dietary
factors in China. Public Health Nutrition, 5(1A), 215-221.
96. Wang, Y.*, Bentley, M. E., Zhai, F., & Popkin, B. M. (2002). Tracking of dietary intake patterns of
Chinese from childhood to adolescence over a six-year follow-up period. Journal of Nutrition,
132(3), 430-438.
97. Ha, P. B., Bentley, M. E., Pachon, H., Sripaipan, T., Caulfield, L. E., Marsh, D. R., et al. (2002).
Caregiver styles of feeding and child acceptance of food in rural Vietnam. Food and Nutrition
Bulletin, 23 Suppl(4), 95-100.
98. Griffiths, P. L., & Bentley, M. E. (2001). The nutrition transition is underway in India. The Journal
of Nutrition, 131(10), 2692-2700.
99. Mayer, K. H., Peipert, J., Fleming, T., Fullem, A., Moench, T., Cu-Uvin, S., Bentley, M. E., et al.
(2001). Safety and tolerability of BufferGel, a novel vaginal microbicide, in women in the United
States. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America,
32(3), 476-482.
100. Black, M. M., Siegel, E. H., Abel, Y., & Bentley, M. E. (2001). Home and videotape intervention
delays early complementary feeding among adolescent mothers. Pediatrics, 107(5), e67.
101. Creed-Kanashiro, H. M., Uribe, T. G., Bartolini, R. M., Fukumoto, M. N., Lopez, T. T., Zavaleta,
N. M., Bentley, M. E. (2000). Improving dietary intake to prevent anemia in adolescent girls
through community kitchens in a Periurban population of Lima, Peru. The Journal of Nutrition,
130(2S Suppl), 459S-461S.
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102. Bentley, M. E., Morrow, K. M., Fullem, A., Chesney, M. A., Horton, S. D., Rosenberg, Z., et al.
(2000). Acceptability of a novel vaginal microbicide during a safety trial among low-risk women.
Family Planning Perspectives, 32(4), 184-188.
103. Engle, P. L., Bentley, M. E., & Pelto, G. (2000). The role of care in nutrition programmes:
Current research and a research agenda. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 59(01), 25.
104. Bentley, M. E., Caulfield, L. E., Gross, S. M., Bronner, Y., Jensen, J., Kessler, L. A., et al. (1999).
Sources of influence on intention to breastfeed among African-American women at entry to WIC.
Journal of Human Lactation: Official Journal of International Lactation Consultant Association, 15(1), 2734.
105. Moss, W., Bentley, M. E., Maman, S., Ayuko, D., Egessah, O., Sweat, M., et al. (1999).
Foundations for effective strategies to control sexually transmitted infections: Voices from rural
Kenya. AIDS Care, 11(1), 95-113.
106. Bentley, M. E., Gavin, L*., Black, M. M., & Teti, L. (1999). Infant feeding practices of lowincome, African-American, adolescent mothers: An ecological, multigenerational perspective.
Social Science & Medicine, 49(8), 1085-1100.
107. Bronner, Y. L., Gross, S. M., Caulfield, L., Bentley, M. E., Kessler, L., Jensen, J., et al. (1999).
Early introduction of solid foods among urban African-American participants in WIC. Journal of
the American Dietetic Association, 99(4), 457-461.
108. Christian, P.*, Bentley, M. E., Pradhan, R., & West, K. P.,Jr. (1998). An ethnographic study of
night blindness "ratauni" among women in the Terai of Nepal. Social Science & Medicine, 46(7), 879889.
109. de Zoysa, I., Elias, C. J., & Bentley, M. E. (1998). Ethical challenges in efficacy trials of vaginal
microbicides for HIV prevention. American Journal of Public Health, 88(4), 571-575.
110. Christian, P.*, Thorne-Lyman, A. L., West, K. P.,Jr, Bentley, M. E., Khatry, S. K., Pradhan, E. K.,
et al. (1998). Working after the sun goes down: Exploring how night blindness impairs women's
work activities in rural Nepal. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 52(7), 519-524.
111. Gross, S. M., Caulfield, L. E., Bentley, M. E., Bronner, Y., Kessler, L., Jensen, J., et al. (1998).
Counseling and motivational videotapes increase duration of breast-feeding in African-American
WIC participants who initiate breast-feeding. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 98(2), 143148.
112. Caulfield, L. E., Gross, S. M., Bentley, M. E., Bronner, Y., Kessler, L., Jensen, J., et al. (1998).
WIC-based interventions to promote breastfeeding among African-American women in
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Baltimore: Effects on breastfeeding initiation and continuation. Journal of Human Lactation: Official
Journal of International Lactation Consultant Association, 14(1), 15-22.
113. Bentley, M. E., Spratt, K., Shepherd, M. E., Gangakhedkar, R. R., Thilikavathi, S., Bollinger, R.
C., et al. (1998). HIV testing and counseling among men attending sexually transmitted disease
clinics in Pune, India: Changes in condom use and sexual behavior over time. AIDS (London,
England), 12(14), 1869-1877.
114. Bentley, M. E., Caulfield, L. E., Ram, M., Santizo, M. C., Hurtado, E., Rivera, J. A., et al. (1997).
Zinc supplementation affects the activity patterns of rural Guatemalan infants. The Journal of
Nutrition, 127(7), 1333-1338.
115. Gangakhedkar, R. R., Bentley, M. E., Divekar, A. D., Gadkari, D., Mehendale, S. M., Shepherd,
M. E., et al. (1997). Spread of HIV infection in married monogamous women in India. JAMA: The
Journal of the American Medical Association, 278(23), 2090-2092.
116. Mawar, N., Mehendale, S., Thilakavathi, S., Shepherd, M., Rodrigues, J., Bollinger, R., &
Bentley, M. E. (1997). Awareness & knowledge of AIDS & HIV risk among women attending STD
clinics in Pune, India. The Indian Journal of Medical Research, 106, 212-222.
117. Caulfield, L. E., Bentley, M. E., & Ahmed, S. (1996). Is prolonged breastfeeding associated with
malnutrition? Evidence from nineteen demographic and health surveys. International Journal of
Epidemiology, 25(4), 693-703.
118. Sazawal, S., Bentley, M., Black, R. E., Dhingra, P., George, S., & Bhan, M. K. (1996). Effect of
zinc supplementation on observed activity in low socioeconomic Indian preschool children.
Pediatrics, 98(6 Pt 1), 1132-1137.
119. Bentley, M. E., Elder, J., Fukumoto, M., Stallings, R. H., Jacoby, E., & Brown, K. (1995). Acute
childhood diarrhea and maternal time allocation in the northern central Sierra of Peru. Health
Policy and Planning, 10(1), 60-70.
120. Bentley, M. E., Black, M. M., & Hurtado, E. (1995). Child Feeding and Appetite – What can
Programs Do? Food and Nutrition Bulletin 16(4), 340-348.
121. Bentley, M. E., Stoltzfus R. J., & Caulfield L. E. (1993). Growth Monitoring. Lancet 342(8873),
749-750.
122. Herman, E., & Bentley, M. E. (1992). Manuals for ethnographic data collection: Experience and
issues. Social Science & Medicine, 35(11), 1369-1378.
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123. Bentley, M. E. (1992). Household behaviors in the management of diarrhea and their relevance
for persistent diarrhea. Acta Paediatrica, 81 Suppl 381, 49-54.
124. Bentley, M. E., Stallings, R. Y., Fukumoto, M., & Elder, J. A. (1991). Maternal feeding behavior
and child acceptance of food during diarrhea, convalescence, and health in the central Sierra of
Peru. American Journal of Public Health, 81(1), 43-47.
125. Oni, G. A., Brown, K. H., Bentley, M. E., Dickin, K. L., Kayode, B., & Alade, I., (1991).
Handfeeding practice: its extent and implications for improved infant and child nutrition in
Kwara State, Nigeria. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 25, 1–11.
126. Kanashiro, H., Fukumoto, M., Bentley, M. E., Jacoby, E., Verzosa, C., & Brown, K. (1991). Use
of Recipe Trials and Ethnographic Techniques for the Development of a Home-Prepared Weaning
Food in the Central Highlands of Peru. Journal of Nutrition Education, 23(1), 30-35.
127. Bentley, M. E., & Pelto, G. H. (1991). The household production of nutrition: Introduction.
Social Science & Medicine, 33(10), 1101-1102.
128. Bentley, M. E., Dickin, K. L., Mebrahtu, S., Kayode, B., Oni, G. A., Verzosa, C. C., et al. (1991).
Development of a nutritionally adequate and culturally appropriate weaning food in Kwara state,
Nigeria: An interdisciplinary approach. Social Science & Medicine, 33(10), 1103-1111.
129. Huffman, S. L., Lopez de Romana, G., Madrid, S., Brown, K. H., Bentley, M., & Black, R. E.
(1991). Do child feeding practices change due to diarrhea in the central Peruvian highlands?
Journal of Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, 9(4), 295-300.
130. Brown, K. H., & Bentley, M. E. (1989). Dietary management of diarrhea. Mothers and Children,
7(3), 1-5.
131. Bentley, M. E. (1987). Mall medicine “Go past the monkey cages, around the penguin pit”
CMAJ, 137(4), 340-343.
132. Bentley, M. E. (1988). The household management of childhood diarrhea in rural north India.
Social Science & Medicine, 27(1), 75-85.
133. Bentley, M. E., Pelto, G. H., Straus, W. L., Schumann, D. A., Adegbola, C., de la Pena, E., et al.
(1988). Rapid ethnographic assessment: Applications in a diarrhea management program. Social
Science & Medicine, 27(1), 107-116.
Letters
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de Zoysa, I., Elias, C. J., & Bentley, M. E. (2000). Microbicide research and "the investigator's
dilemma", Author reply. American Journal of Public Health, 90(7), 1155.
Caulfield L.E., Bentley, M.E., Ahmed, S. (1997). Prolonged breastfeeding and malnutrition. The
authors reply. International Journal of Epidemiology, 26(3), 678-679.
Invited Presentations (selected)
American Public Health Association, The Future of the Global Health Professional, Panel Discussion,
November 4, 2013, Washington, DC
National Institutes of Health, Prevention of Early Pediatric Obesity, October 30-November 2, 2013,
Rockville, Maryland
UNC Water Conference, Clean, Fed and Nurtured, FHI360 Panel, October 14, 2013, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina
Global Health Fellows Program, Summit on the Future of the Global Health Professional, September 5,
2013, Washington, DC
New York Academy for Sciences, Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science, Conference on Nutrition and
Early Child Development, Invited Speaker: Early Child Development and Nutrition: An
Anthropologist’s Perspective, August 29-30, 2012, New York City, New York
Triangle Global Health Consortium, Launch of Global Health Case Challenge, Opening Remarks, May 1,
2012
National Institutes of Health, Ending Preventable Child Deaths, Discussant: Malnutrition. April 2, 2012,
Rockville, Maryland
Wake Forest University, Global Health is Local Health, 2nd Annual Center for Global Health
Symposium, Keynote Speaker, October, 2011, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
American Society of Nutrition, Experimental Biology, Symposium on Responsive Feeding, Responsive
feeding and child growth: Data from low and middle-income countries, April 25, 2010, Anaheim,
California
Triangle Global Health Consortium, Global Health Student Case Competition, Closing Remarks, March
27, 2010, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Engineers without Borders, International Development Symposium, Expert Panel Speaker, February 6,
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2010, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
UNC Pediatric Nutrition Symposium, Feeding Styles and Parenting: Influences on Toddler Dietary
Intake and Weight Status: Lessons from the Literature and a Specific Case Study: The Infant Care
project, December 15, 2009, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Society for Medical Anthropology Conference, Food, Identity and Health: Political and Constructivist
Frameworks, September 26, 2009, New Haven, Connecticut
North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Why Global Health Matters to North Carolina, Report of the
Center for International and Strategic Studies and launch of the Triangle Global Health Consortium,
Panelist, “, September 21, 2009, Research Triangle Park
Consortium for Responsive Feeding, Intervention to Improve Growth and Development among Infants and
Toddlers in Peru, August, 2009, Liam, Peru
Global Health Council Conference, An Integrated Child Feeding Intervention Improves Nutritional Status,
May 26, 2009, Washington, DC
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office on Women’s Health, A Call to Action for
Breastfeeding Expert Panel, April 28, 2009, Washington, DC
American Medical Students Association, UNC chapter, Nutrition from a Global and Interdisciplinary
Perspective, March 31, 2009, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Rotary International, Global Health at UNC, February 9, 2009, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Friends of the United Nations, Triangle Chapter, The UN Development Goals and the State of Maternal
and Child Health: A Focus on India, January 28, 2009, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Nutrition Research Institute, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Infant and Toddler Feeding and Nutrition,
February 3, 2009, Kannapolis, North Carolina
Fearrington Great Decisions Lecture Series, The Health of Women and Children in India, October 15,
2008, Pittsboro, North Carolina
Fogarty International Center, Fogarty International Center Strategy Meeting, Global Health at UNC,
April 30, 2008, Rockville, Maryland
Behavior Change Communication in interventions to improve infant and young child feeding (with Gretel
Pelto, Consultation on strengthening action to improve feeding of infants and young children,
Last Revised May 2014
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September 6-9, 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
University of Georgia, Infant and Care Feeding among African American Mothers in North Carolina: The
Infant Care Study, March 18, 2008, Athens, Georgia
Hershey Research Unit, Hershey Company, The Nutrition of Mothers and Children in India, May 9, 2008,
Hershey, Pennsylvania
USDA Western Research Center, The Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity Longitudinal Study, March
3, 2008, Davis, California
Emory University, Infant and Toddler Feeding for Optimal Growth and Development: Case Studies from
North Carolina and India, February 15, 2008, Atlanta, Georgia
Baylor University, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Infant Feeding and Risk of Obesity, August 16,
2007, Houston, Texas
University of South Carolina, Center for Nutrition, Infant Temperament Is Associated with Inappropriate
Feeding and Increased Energy Intakes among Young African-American Infants, February 2, 2007, Columbia,
South Carolina
East Carolina State University, School of Medicine, Infant Temperament Is Associated with Inappropriate
Feeding and Increased Energy Intakes Among Young African-American Infants, December 11,
2006Greenville, North Carolina
Women at the Heart of the Community’s Health: An International Perspective, Exploris, The Health of
Mothers: A Focus on India, Malawi, China, and North Carolina, April 23, 2006, Raleigh, North Carolina
East Tennessee State University, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, The Health of Mothers and
Children: A Focus on India, Malawi, and China, March 15, 2006, Johnson City, Tennessee
Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Women’s Voices, Women’s Choices, Southern Regional
GHEC Conference, October, 8, 2005, Winston Salem, North Carolina
Maternal Mortality and Morbidity workshop, part of the Indo-US Joint Working Group meeting,
Social and Cultural Aspects of Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity in India, September 2005, Chandigarh,
India
North Carolina State WIC Annual Meeting, Caregiver Feeding Styles and Infant Risk of Obesity,
November 16, 2004, Durham, North Carolina
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Maternal Mortality and Morbidity workshop, part of the Indo-US Joint Working Group meeting,
Social and Cultural Aspects of Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in India, September/October 2004, New
Delhi, India
Society for International Nutrition Research Symposium, Experimental Biology 2004, Perceptions about
the Role of Maternal Nutrition in HIV among Women in Malawi, Invited Paper, April 2004, Washington,
DC
Preventing Childhood Obesity A National Conference Focusing on Pregnancy to Preschool, Shape
Up America, Caregiver Feeding Styles in Infancy and Potential Obesity Risk Preliminary Results from the
Infant Care and Feeding Project, Invited Lecture, December 8, 2004, Washington, DC
Experimental Biology, Breastfeeding and African American Women: Beliefs, Power, and Decision-Making,
Invited Symposia, April 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana
Center for Excellence in Nutrition Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center,
Comparison of Infant Feeding Styles among Urban and Rural Peruvian Households, February 2001, Denver,
Colorado
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Infant Feeding among African-Americans: An
Ecological, Multigenerational Perspective, January 2001, Greensboro, North Carolina
Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina, What is Sex? Qualitative Research Methods,
Conference on Methods of Study in Human Sexuality: Relevance to AIDS Research, March 2000, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina
UNICEF Symposia on Infant and Young Child Feeding and Nutrition, Care and Nutrition for Infant and
Child Growth, October 2000, Chengdu, China
Microbicides 2000, Acceptability of a Novel Vaginal Microbicide, BufferGel, During a Phase I Safety Trial in
Malawi, Zimbabwe, India, and Thailand, March 2000, Washington, DC
Anthropology Department, Emory University, Female Controlled HIV Prevention Methods: A Behavioral
Research Agenda, March 1999, Atlanta, Georgia
National Meeting on Social and Behavioral Aspects of Sexuality, University of Pune, International
Perspectives on HIV Prevention, March 1999, Pune, India
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Behavioral Research for Topical Microbicides,
February 1999, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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University of Michigan, College of Human Development and Growth, Infant Feeding, Appetite, and
Feeding Style, October 1995, Ann Arbor, Michigan
International Congress of Pediatrics, Infant Feeding from a Cross-Cultural Perspective: What do Clinicians
Need to Know? September 1995, Cairo, Egypt
The Gerber Companies Foundation, Infant Feeding Across Cultures, November 1994, Fremont,
Michigan
School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Women’s Reproductive Health in
India, School-Wide Research Day, November 1994, Baltimore, Maryland
Social Science Research Council, Meeting on Ethnopediatrics, Emory University, Infant Feeding in
Nigeria: Biocultural Approaches, October 1994, Atlanta, Georgia
Cornell/UNICEF Meeting on Care and Nutrition, Appetite and Feeding Style, October 1994, Aurora,
New York
National WIC Directors Meeting, Sociocultural Factors for Breastfeeding Promotion, February 1993,
Washington, DC
The World Bank, Second Annual Nutrition Symposium, Asia Region, Nutrition Decisions in the
Household, January 1993, Washington, DC
Joint World Bank/IFPRI Conference, Intra-Household Resource Allocation, February 1992, Washington,
DC
Ford Foundation, Annual Program Officers Meeting, Reproductive Health Program, Theoretical and
Methodological Contributions of Anthropology for Women’s Reproductive Health Research, January 1992,
Oaxaca, Mexico
International Food Policy Research Institute, The Use of Qualitative Research for a Women’s Reproductive
Health Network in India, November 1991, Washington, DC
Workshop on the Analysis of Observational Data, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
Analysis Issues for Maternal and Child Observational Data during Acute and Persistent Diarrhea, October
1991, Winchester, England
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Building Social Science Research Capacity for Women’s Reproductive
Health in India, Faculty Seminar, August 1991, Bombay, India
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Department of Foods and Nutrition, MS University, Baroda, Anthropological Approaches to Nutrition
Intervention Programs, July 1991, Gujarat, India
Faculty of Social Science, Mahidol University, Building Social Science Research Capacity for Women’s
Reproductive Health in Thailand, July 1991, Bangkok, Thailand
The Johns Hopkins University, Behavioral Interventions for Child Survival Programs, Conference on
Child Survival Priorities for the 1990’s, Sponsored by USAID and The World Bank, June 1991,
Baltimore, Maryland
National Council of International Health, Listening to Women Talk about Their Health, Panel
Coordinator, June 1991, Crystal City, Virginia
The Johns Hopkins University, Anthropological Approaches to Teenage Pregnancy Prevention, Maternal
and Child Health, February 1991, Baltimore, Maryland
Household Behaviors in the Management of Diarrhea and Their Relevance for Persistent Diarrhea, Conference
on Persistent Diarrhea: Epidemiology, Household and Clinical Management, and Implications for
Diarrheal Disease Control Programs, January 1991, Mombassa, Kenya
PAHO, The Use of Qualitative Research Methodologies for Women’s Reproductive Health in India,
International Conference on Rapid Assessment Methodologies for Planning and Evaluation of Health
Related Programs, November 1990, Washington, DC
Fifth Annual State-of-the-Art Technical Training Course, USAID, From ORT to Dietary Management of
Diarrhea, Health, Population, and Nutrition Initiatives for Child Survival, July 1989, Washington, DC
Case Western Reserve University, Development of a Nutritionally Adequate and Culturally Appropriate
Weaning Food: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Workshop on Health Behavior and Child Survival:
Individual, Household and Community Determinants, April 1989, Cleveland, Ohio
GRANTS
Ongoing Research Support
R01-HD073237 (Bentley), 09/01/12-09/01/17
$2,981,380
National Institutes of Health, NICHD
Mothers and Others: Family-based Obesity Prevention for Infants and Toddlers
This research will evaluate a community-based intervention for African-American women (and one
other individual of her choice) who are recruited during pregnancy and followed until the infant is 18
months reduces the risk of obesity in their children and leads to optimal growth and development.
Role: PI
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35
6015-S03 (Curtis), 05/11/12-05/06/17
$1,563,179
Industry Sponsor (Westat, Inc.)
Monitoring and Evaluation for Feed the Future Feedback Program
Feedback will be a major evaluation, performance monitoring, and knowledge sharing program
whose primary objective is to provide the best available empirical evidence from the FTF Initiative to
inform policy, investment, and intervention decisions aimed at improving food security in vulnerable
countries.
Role: Co-investigator
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bartram), 08/23/13-02/22/16
$357,077
Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
Understanding How Pilot Programs Become Self-sustaining at Scale: Social Enterprises and Water in
Schools of Delhi and Jaipur
Our main goal is to analyze how a social enterprise model of drinking water provision in Delhi and
Jaipur can be enhanced for long term performance. Recommend steps required to transfer and scale
to other schools in India states.
Role: Co-investigator
Past Research Support (Select Grants)
NO GRANT NUMBER (Handa), 10/31/14
Save the Children UK
Multi-Country Study of Impact of Social Transfers on Children
Role: Collaborating Investigator (Expert Pool)
$79,323
CDC Special Interest (Van der Horst), 09/29/14
CDC
Breast-feeding, Antiretrovirals, and Nutrition in HIV (BAN)
Role: Co-Investigator
$
NO GRANT NUMBER (Stevens and Adair), 08/31/14
Pfizer Global Nutrition
Innovation Lab for the First 1000 Days
Role: Co-investigator
$243,809
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 12/31/12
Stop Hunger Now Phase II
Role PI
$43,000
1-R21-ES016729-02 (Entwisle), 06/30/12
NIH/NIEHS
Dynamically Integrating Macro and Micro Processes
Last Revised May 2014
$1,149,885
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Role: Collaborating Advisor
09-000076-AT11-1UNC (Bentley), 06/27/12
$44,091
University of California, Alive and Thrive Program
Linking Microcredit, Technology, and Promotion of IYCF Breastfeeding Guidelines in Bauchi State,
Nigeria
Role: PI
7D6-N-3146291 (Adair), 05/17/12
Wyeth Nutritionals Inc.
Nutrition Innovation Collaboration
Role: Co-PI
$538,320
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 4/31/12
ChildFund International
Healthy and secure 0-2 year olds UNC-ChildFund Innovation Lab
Role: PI
$268,000
66523 (Hodges), 10/24/11
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Maternal Feeding Responsiveness and Risk of Obesity from Infancy through Early xxx
Role: Co-investigator
$120,307
1R25TW007493 (Bentley), 08/31/11
NIH/Fogarty
UNC-Chapel Hill Framework Program in Global Health
Role: PI
$380,852
09-000076-AT11-1UNC (Bentley), 06/02/11
$55,909
University of California
Linking Microcredit, Technology, and Promotion of IYCF Breastfeeding Guidelines in Bauchi State,
Nigeria
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 05/25/11
$10,000
University of California
Linking Microcredit, Technology, and Promotion of IYCF Breastfeeding Guidelines in Bauchi State,
Nigeria
Role: PI
66523 (Hodges), 10/29/10
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$121,028
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Maternal Feeding Responsiveness and Risk of Obesity from Infancy through Early
Role: Co-investigator
486-A-00-08-00043-00 (Sobsey), 10/14/10
$2,750,000
US Agency for International Development
WaterSHED (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Enterprise Development): Market-based Approaches to
Scaling Water Supply, Drinking Water Treatment, Drinking Water Storage, Sanitation and Hygiene
Technology in the Mekong Region
Role: Co-investigator
1-R24-TW008810-01 (Bentley), 09/30/10
Fogarty International Center
Water Wisdom: Developing Local-Global Capacities in Managing Water
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER (Hodges), 09/08/10
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Maternal Feeding Responsiveness and Risk of Obesity from Infancy through Early xxx
Role: Co-investigator
1-R03-HD057775-02 (Bentley), 08/31/10
NIH/NICHD
The Feasibility of Replacement Feeding as an HIV Prevention Method in Malawi
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER (Perreira), 06/30/10
Center for Excellence in Children's Nutrition/Mead Johnson
Dietary Patterns and Obesity Risk among Latino Infants & Toddlers in North Carolina
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
5-R34-MH080750-01-03 (Bulik), 02/17/10
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Breaking the Cycle of Risk: Intervention for Mothers with Eating Disorders
Role: Co-investigator
$259,050
$
$140,962
$
$233,100
OPP53107 (Bentley), 10/07/09
$2,196,175
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Improving Nutritional Status and Health of Infants and Lactating Women through the Use of Lipid
Based Nutrition Supplements (LNS): Evidence from a Longitudinal, Randomized Trial in Lilongwe,
Malawi
Role: PI
38
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NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 10/07/09
Interest Account
Interest for 5-40374 Gates Fund
Role: PI
$
66523 (Hodges), 09/29/09
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Maternal Feeding Responsiveness and Risk of Obesity from Infancy through Early xxx
Role: Co-investigator
$108,659
3-R25-TW007493-03S1 (Bentley), 09/14/09
National Institutes of Health/Fogarty International Center
ARRA – UNC Framework Program in Global Health Administrative Supplement
Role: PI
$108,000
5U10MH061543-08 (Celentano), 08/31/09
NIH/NIMH
NIMH Collaborative Trial for HIV/STD Prevention
Role: Co-Investigator
$
5-R34-MH080750-01-02 (Bulik), 06/08/09
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Breaking the Cycle of Risk: Intervention for Mothers with Eating Disorders
Role: Co-investigator
$4,320
5-R34-MH080750-01-02 (Bulik), 05/11/09
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Breaking the Cycle of Risk: Intervention for Mothers with Eating Disorders
Role: Co-investigator
$15,637
5-T32-HD057824-02 (Popkin), 04/28/09
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Interdisciplinary Training in Maternal and Child Obesity
Role: Faculty Trainer
PO#69409 (Bentley), 04/07/09
Johns Hopkins University
NIMH Collaborative Trials for HIV/STD Prevention
Role: PI
5 R01 HD042219 (Bentley), 03/31/09
NIH/NICHD
Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity (Minority Supplement)
39
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$218,650
$21,552
05S1: $67,184; 05S2: $10,000
Role: PI
5 R01 HD042219-(Bentley), 03/31/09
This total $ figure includes all three supplements.
NIH/NICHD
Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity
Role: PI
5-R34-MH080750-01-02 (Bulik), 02/24/09
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Breaking the Cycle of Risk: Intervention for Mothers with Eating Disorders
Role: Co-investigator
$3,247,938
$179,618
486-A-00-08-00043-00 (Sobsey), 10/24/08
$2,716,142
US Agency for International Development
WaterSHED (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Enterprise Development): Market-based Approaches to
Scaling Water Supply, Drinking Water Treatment, Drinking Water Storage, Sanitation and Hygiene
Technology in the Mekong Region
Role: Investigator
5-R03-HD057775-01 (Bentley), 10/09/08
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
The Feasibility of Replacement Feeding as an HIV Prevention Method in Malawi
Role: PI
2-T32-DK007686-16A1 (Stevens), 07/03/08
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Nutrition Training Grant
Role: Faculty Trainer
PO#69409 (Bentley), 06/20/08
Johns Hopkins University
NIMH Collaborative Trials for HIV/STD Prevention
Role: PI
1-R34-MH080750-01A1 (Bulik), 06/11/08
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Breaking the Cycle of Risk: Intervention for Mothers with Eating Disorders
Role: Investigator
09CertTUNCO-2007-08-2 (Bentley), 06/04/08
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$69,147
$140,060
$45,621
$165,797
$100,00
University of North Carolina General Administration
UNC-CH Certificate Proposal: Online Global Health Certificate
Role: PI
3-R01-HD042219-05S2 (Bentley), 05/28/08
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity
Role: PI
$10,000
1-T32-HD057824-01 (Popkin), 05/05/08
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Interdisciplinary Training in Maternal and Child Obesity
Role: Faculty Trainer
$217,549
1-R03-HD057775-01 (Bentley), 04/24/08
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
The Feasibility of Replacement Feeding as an HIV Prevention Method in Malawi
Role: PI
$71,815
5-R01-HD042219-02S1 (Bentley), 03/31/08
$71,712
NIH/NICHD
The Effectiveness of an Intervention to Improve Growth and Development of Infants and Toddlers in
Andhra Pradesh, India.
Role: PI
1-R03-HD057775-01 (Bentley), 01/11/08
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
The Feasibility of Replacement Feeding as an HIV Prevention Method in Malawi
Role: PI
$140,962
1-R21-ES016729-01 (Entwisle), 12/18/07
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Dynamically Integrating Macro and Micro Processes
Role:
$285,094
5-R21-CA 125735-01-02 (Stevens), 08/17/07
National Cancer Institute
Development of a Tool to Measure Food Availability in the Home
Role: Co-investigator
$107,193
5-R25-TW007493-01-03 (Bentley), 07/18/07
Fogarty International Center
$119,262
41
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UNC-Chapel Hill Framework Program in Global Health
Role: PI
PO#69409 (Bentley), 02/13/07
Johns Hopkins University
NIMH Collaborative Trials for HIV/STD Prevention
Role: PI
$68,030
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 01/01/07
Interdisciplinary Obesity Center (IDOC)
Pilot Study for “Healthy Mom Healthy Baby”
Role: PI
$65,000
018000-320979 (Bentley), 09/21/06
Mississippi State University
Food Security and Feeding Strategies
Role: PI
$35,000
5-R25-TW007493-01-02 (Bentley), 08/09/06
Fogarty International Center
UNC-Chapel Hill Framework Program in Global Health
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER, 6/30/06
American Cancer Society
Linking Beauty and Health to Reduce Cancer Risk among African American Women
Role: Investigator
$127,617
$1,158,000
5-R01-HD042219-01-05 (Bentley), 04/25/06
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity
Role: PI
$67,184
5-R01-HD042219-01-05 (Bentley), 04/07/06
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity
Role: PI
$526,601
1-R25-TW007493-01 (Bentley), 09/28/05
Fogarty International Center
UNC-Chapel Hill Framework Program in Global Health
$134,004
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Role: PI
PO#69409 (Bentley), 09/27/05
Johns Hopkins University
NIMH Collaborative Trials for HIV/STD Prevention
Role: PI
5-R01-HD042219-01-04 (Bentley), 04/12/05
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity
Role: PI
$66,992
$774,730
PO#69409 (Bentley), 11/23/04
Johns Hopkins University
NIMH Collaborative Trials for HIV/STD Prevention
Role: PI
$64,201
PO#8111-68638-5 (Bentley), 07/14/04
Johns Hopkins University
NIMH Collaborative Trials for HIV/STD Prevention
Role: PI
$30,866
5-R01-HD042219-01-03 (Bentley), 05/26/04
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 01/01/04
UCIS, Curriculum Development Award
Planning grant for development of University-wide course in Global Health
Role: PI
$756,016
$4,500
PO#8111-68638-5 (Bentley), 12/05/03
Johns Hopkins University
NIMH Collaborative Trials for HIV/STD Prevention
Role: PI
$30,866
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 10/30/03
ASPH/CDC
Evaluation of In-Home Breast-feeding Support Program
$79,895
43
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Role: PI
5-R01-HD042219-01-02 (Bentley), 10/09/03
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity
Role: PI
$13,268
5-R01-HD042219-01-02 (Bentley), 09/16/03
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity
Role: PI
$66,328
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 6/30/03
$5,000
Institute of Nutrition
Prevention of the Risk of Obesity in Pediatric Clinics: An Evaluation of a Pilot Intervention Study
Role: PI
5-R01-HD042219-01-02 (Bentley), 06/18/03
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity
Role: PI
$71,212
5-R01-HD042219-01-02 (Bentley), 05/27/03
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity
Role: PI
$496,252
PO#8111-68638 (Bentley), 01/17/03
Johns Hopkins University
NIMH Collaborative Trials for HIV/STD Prevention
Role: PI
$46,566
S2224-22/22 (Bentley), 01/08/03
Association of Schools of Public Health, Inc.
Evaluation of In-Home Breastfeeding Support Program
Role: PI
$79,895
U48/CCU409660, 09/30/02
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Works in the Community
44
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$196,062
Role: Investigator
R01HL65131-02, 09/29/02
NIH/NHLBI
Obesity Prevention Intervention for African-American Girls
Role: Investigator
$135,252
BCS-0130473 (Bentley), 09/26/02
$2,000
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Contextual Determinants of Household Food Security among African American and Hispanic
Households in the US
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER, 07/31/02
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/University of North Carolina
Healthy Eating and Lifestyles Study
Role: Investigator
$14,225
PO#8111-68638 (Bentley), 05/10/02
Johns Hopkins University
NIMH Collaborative Trials for HIV/STD Prevention
Role: PI
$34,000
1-R01-HD42219-01 (Bentley), 05/07/02
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity
Role: PI
$1,187
1-R01-HD42219-01 (Bentley), 04/16/02
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity
Role: PI
$467,534
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 03/07/02
Johns Hopkins University
NIMH Collaborative Trials for HIV/STD Prevention
Role: PI
$45,192
BCS-0130473 (Bentley), 01/28/02
National Science Foundation (NSF)
$11,999
45
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Contextual Determinants of Household Food Security among African American and Hispanic
Households in the US
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER (Black), 12/31/0l
$153,271
Maternal and Child Health/ Department of Health and Human Services/University of Maryland
Three Generation Intervention Study Among Adolescent Mothers
Role: Investigator
0180000 320935 03(Bentley), 10/15/01
$19,956.29
Mississippi State University
Contextual Determinants of Household Food Security in Southern African American and Hispanic
Neighborhoods
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 06/30/01
Institute of Nutrition
Effect of Lactation Support on Breastfeeding Duration
Role: PI
$9,700
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 06/30/01
Institute of Nutrition
Community Food Security for Durham Latinos
Role: PI
$5,000
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 06/30/01
Clinical Nutrition Research Unit, Department of Nutrition
Validation of the USDA Food Security Module in a Hispanic Population
Role: PI
$2,000
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 12/31/00
The Ford Foundation
Building a Social Science Capacity for Research on Women’s Health in India
Role: PI
$690,112
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 06/30/00
Institute of Nutrition
Feeding and Care Practices among Recent Latino Immigrant Mothers and Children
Role: PI
$2,000
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 06/30/00
Carolina Center for Public Health
$5,000
46
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Durham Community Food Security Coalition
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 03/01/00
Carolina Population Center/Mellon Foundation
A Qualitative Study of Adolescent Diet and Activity in China
Role: PI
$19,950
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 03/01/00
Fogarty International
Training for a Qualitative Study of Adolescent Diet and Activity in China
Role: PI
$10,000
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 08/30/99
Johns Hopkins University/NIAID
Behavioral Research for a Phase I Vaginal Microbicide Trial in Four Countries
Role: PI
$18,000
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 08/30/99
$13,792
USAID/Johns Hopkins
Formative Research for Development of an Intervention to Promote Interactive Feeding among 6-18
Month Old Peruvian Children
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 07/31/98
The Ford Foundation
Case Studies of Women, Reproductive Rights, and Violence
Role: PI
$60,000
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 05/31/98
$253,300
The Gerber Companies Foundation
Infant Feeding and Resource Allocation among Low Income, Urban, African American Families: A
Three Generation Study
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bollinger), 05/31/98
NIH/NIAID/Family Health International
Epidemiology of HIV in Western India
Role: Investigator
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 04/30/98
47
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$1,726,933
$10,000
Center for Adolescent Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Pathways to Fatherhood
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 07/31/97
United States Agency for International Development/John Snow, Inc.
Improving Iron Intake for Adolescents and Women of Fertile Age in Lima, Peru
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER (Halsey), 06/30/97
The World Bank
Community HIV Home Care
Role: Investigator
$121,773
$1,856,830
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 12/31/95
$43,332
Thrasher Research Fund
Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Appetite, Activity and Dietary Intake among Infants in Rural
Guatemala
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 10/19/95
United States Agency for International Development/Wellstart International
Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding and the Role of Social Support in Nairobi, Kenya
Role: RI
$134,780
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 10/31/93
$9,600
The Ford Foundation
Identification of Training Institutions with Capacity for Applied Research in Women's Health
Role: PI
NO GRANT NUMBER (Paige), 09/30/95
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Maternal and Child Health
Breastfeeding Promotion Strategies in Urban WIC Women
Role: Investigator
$358,000
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 07/31/95
The Ford Foundation
Building Social Science Research for Women's Reproductive Health
Role: PI
$734,000
NO GRANT NUMBER (Rivera), 12/31/93
Thrasher Research Fund
$150,000
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Maternal Feeding Behavior and Child Acceptance of a Therapeutic Diet during Persistent Diarrhea
Episodes in Santa María de Jesús, Guatemala
Role: Investigator
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 08/30/92
Pew Charitable Trusts
Fellowship for Faculty Scholars in Nutrition
Role: PI
$49,699
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 09/30/90
Baltimore City Health Department
Healthy Teens and Young Adults Program: Formative Research
Role: PI
$32,000
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 07/30/90
Institute of International Education
Social Science and Health Methodology Workshop
Role: PI
$34,395
NO GRANT NUMBER (Bentley), 12/30/89
Ford Foundation, Institute of International Education
Health Behavior Research Support
Role: PI
$16,849
References upon request
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